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Thursday, 15 October 2015

Who was Geoffrey Chaucer?


Chaucer in an initial from British
Library Lansdowne MS 851 fol. 2.


Image of Lydgate and the pilgrims leave Canterbury
The pilgrims on their way to Canterbury

Pilgrimage route

 
Chaucer was a famous Medieval writer in the of the Middle Ages and the author of the Canterbury Tales
Nationality: English

Nickname: Father of English Literature
Date of Birth: He was born in London in 1343

Family connections : He was the son of a vintner
Married: Geoffrey Chaucer married Philippa de Roet at St Mary de Castro in Leicester. She was a lady-in-waiting to Edward III's queen, Philippa of Hainault

Education: Geoffrey Chaucer was well educated and studied law at the Inner Temple in London
Career: Geoffrey Chaucer was an author, poet, philosopher, courtier, and diplomat.

Date of Death: Geoffrey Chaucer died in 1400
Character of Geoffrey Chaucer: Intelligent, loyal and hard working

2 comments:

  1. sorry miss but i don t know what i have to do, there aren t any questions...
    Santiago F.

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  2. Hi Santiago, There is nothing to do in this post, just read it!

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